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all these units, both Horse Brigades and the various Army Corps elements were included in the great encirclement of the Armies of the East in the Vosges ~22/23th june 1940, the 116e RAL being partially captured and partially interned reaching Switzerland...

all these units, both Horse Brigades and the various Army Corps elements were included in the great encirclement of the Armies of the East in the Vosges ~22/23th june 1940, the 116e RAL being partially captured and partially interned reaching Switzerland...

except some possible escaped elements, same fate, mainly captured or interned into Switzerland

Dijon it is Burgundy, an other area
it was because the germans coming from Champagne invading Burgundy then reaching Franche-Comté that the encirclement has been accomplished against the 3 Armies in the Vosges

except some possible escaped elements, same fate, mainly captured or interned into Switzerland

Dijon it is Burgundy, an other area
it was because the germans coming from Champagne invading Burgundy then reaching Franche-Comté that the encirclement has been accomplished against the 3 Armies in the Vosges

Hi, Loic, thank for your Information. That mean 3e DIM was out of pocket.

BTW, in Flander pocket, actally only 1er and 7e Armee were considered being trapped in pocket and 9e Armee was not in pocket but only was defeated in Center ? Thank

the 9e Armée never reach the Center, having suffered the main shock with Sedan, was considered as destroyed in the following days and disbanded the 21st may, the Army Staff and elements served as nucleus of the newly-created 10e Armée at the end of may who ended in Brittany the 18th june

the 9e Armée never reach the Center, having suffered the main shock with Sedan, was considered as destroyed in the following days and disbanded the 21st may, the Army Staff and elements served as nucleus of the newly-created 10e Armée at the end of may who ended in Brittany the 18th june

was the 7e Armée who finished the campaign in the Center

Hi, Loic, thank you for your help. But perhaps you misunderstood my Question. My Question is linked to Fall Gelb, another pocket previous to Alsace Lorraine.
Let say 1er Armee and 7e Armee rushed to Belgium and Holland respectively and considered as left wing, 9e Armee and 2e Armee was considered as centre in Ardennes and Sedan area and also Joint of French Army facing German. Army Group 2 in Alsace Lorriane was acted as Right wing.

German panzer troop break through French troop at Sedan, Montherme and Dinant and then rushed to the English Channel and cut off the French left wing in Holland and Belgium. So I think both Armies were trapped in Flander pocket. but many books also mentions three French Armies trapped in pocket, including 9e Armee, but technically it is incorrect, so I would like to ask your view or view from French historians.

BTW, the origin of Fall Gelb seemed like the battle plan of Napoleon in battle of Austerlitz : drew the enemy Deep into his Right wing and left wing holds the enemy and then Napoleon used his hidden troop to broke through Austro-Russian troop 's centre and crushed and cut off enemy isolated left wing. Hitler plan was just a huge scale of Austerlitz.

it is not a question of French or alien view I think, the 9e Armée disintegrated in few days virtually destroyed has ceased to be a coherente set, a cohesive structure, so maybe some authors choose to include it in the pocket probably because its HQ Staff with Général Giraud with others elements were taken inside/in the interior of the panzer scythe while actually remnants of others Divisions escaped from the german armored jaws reaching Picardy Normandy and even the Center with capital C, so quite complicated to describe its situation as an "Army"

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it is not a question of French or alien view I think, the 9e Armée disintegrated in few days virtually destroyed has ceased to be a coherente set, a cohesive structure, so maybe some authors choose to include it in the pocket probably because its HQ Staff with Général Giraud with others elements were taken inside/in the interior of the panzer scythe while actually remnants of others Divisions escaped from the german armored jaws reaching Picardy Normandy and even the Center with capital C, so quite complicated to describe its situation as an "Army"
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Hello, Loic, thank for your map and comment. That 's what I think too. French 9th Army and part of 2nd Army was Joint between the allied forces something like US 1st Army in another Ardennes offensive of 1944. Once the 1st Army 's lines was broken, German thrust northward and cut off British 2nd Army and Canadian 1st Army, causing them surrender or carrying out another Dunkirk. Hitler plan in 1944 was same as in 1940. 1940 Victims were BEF and French Army Group One and Belgian Army.

General Giraud, exactly his post is somewhat confused. He was commander of 7th Army and his army was disbanded and he was appointed as 9th Army commander but when never took the command of that Army as he was taken POW on his way to 9th Army HQ.